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Community members listen to speakers during a rally at Antioch police headquarters in Antioch, Calif., on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.

Feds drop case against Antioch man arrested by cop who sent racist texts

April 27, 2023 at 2:02 p.m.

Dreshawn Jackson, 27, became the latest defendant to have a case dismissed, as the federal and state courts continue a review of charges that relied upon the word of Antioch...

Emeryville man charged in S.F. killing of tech executive; police say they knew each other

April 14, 2023 at 5:15 a.m.

"This is not about San Francisco. … Facts show that most people who commit homicide know the people that they kill."

An Amtrak Capitol Corridor train stops at the Centerville Train Station in Fremont, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010.(Anda Chu/Staff Archives)

Amtrak train disabled after tree falls onto tracks near Port Costa

March 22, 2023 at 1:22 p.m.

An Amtrak train struck a tree that fell onto tracks just southeast of town Tuesday, authorities said.

Members of the Alameda County Fire Department inspect damage to a Trader Joe’s grocery store after a vehicle drove into the building on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Castro Valley, Calif. (Photo: Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

Multiple people injured after driver plows into East Bay Trader Joe’s

September 16, 2022 at 10:11 a.m.

Eight people, including a 4-year-old boy, suffered minor to moderate injuries Thursday afternoon after a car's driver lost control in a parking lot and plowed through glass doors into a...

DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 15: Tommy Swanson, 3, of Dublin, stays cool by playing in the water at the water play area at Emerald Glen Park in Dublin, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. state is preparing for an excessive heat warning this week as temperatures rise into the triple digits. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

‘Extremely amplified, juiced up’ Northern California heat wave prompts calls to conserve energy

September 1, 2022 at 1:33 p.m.

Emergency officials and power companies across the Bay Area and Northern California girded for a sweltering heat wave over the Labor Day weekend, opening cooling centers and upping firefighter staffing...

Decorated for the upcoming Super Bowl LVI, fans enter SoFi Stadium, in Inglewood, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, for the NFC championship game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams. (Photo: Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Report: 49ers fan beaten outside SoFi Stadium during NFC Championship Game

February 3, 2022 at 9:23 a.m.

An Oakland restaurateur and San Francisco 49ers fan was hospitalized after an apparent beating during the NFL's conference championship game outside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood last weekend, according to media...

The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office shared these images Sunday, January 16, 2022 of Tito, a French bulldog stolen at gunpoint by armed suspects Saturday evening on Norbridge Road in Castro Valley, Calif. (Courtesy Alameda County Sheriff’s Office)

Castro Valley: Robbers snatch French bulldog at gunpoint, steal car

January 17, 2022 at 2:15 p.m.

A family's beloved dog taken at gunpoint during a weekend walk has spurred an investigation by Alameda County sheriff's deputies, authorities said.

California’s Caldor fire moves east toward Lake Tahoe as crews continue to battle a blaze that has grown to more than 170 square miles with only 5% containment on August 22, 2021. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Sipa via AP Images)

Caldor Fire now nation’s ‘number-one priority’ as blaze nears Tahoe

August 23, 2021 at 9:32 p.m.

Crews have fully contained the Cache Fire in Lake County, one of five major wildfires to burn in Northern California this month.

Firefighters arrive just as flames from the Kincade Fire reach the Robert Young Estate Winery east of Geyserville, Calif., Thursday morning, Oct. 24, 2019. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Sonoma County fire rages, forces evacuations

October 24, 2019 at 8:06 a.m.

Fast-moving blaze had consumed 10,000 acres in the first few hours east of Geyserville and prompted evacuations in an area that includes the River Rock Casino .

REDDING, CA – Aug. 23: Hot spots from yesterday’s 600-acre Mountain Fire east of Redding, Calif., are extinguished by CalFire crews, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Photos | Mountain Fire holds at 600 acres in Shasta County

August 23, 2019 at 1:48 p.m.

The Mountain Fire burning northeast of Redding has held at 600 acres, CalFire reported Friday morning. Firefighters have gained 40 percent containment on the blaze.

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